00:00A big help in the AFP modernization program is the defense cooperation between the Philippines and India.
00:08We have news from the country, Bea Gaza de Guzman of Radyo Pilipinas.
00:14The Filipino cadets in the Indian Defense Academy may be able to study again.
00:19This is what the Philippine Ambassador to India, Jocel Ignacio, wrote in the interview of Radyo Pilipinas World Service.
00:26It is considered as one of the strongest national defenses, the indigenous defense industry of India.
00:32For 50 years, no Filipino cadet has studied here in the Indian Defense Academy.
00:38Since 2023, the cadets of the army here have returned to the defense education program.
00:47Aside from this, India is also one of the targets of the Philippines in obtaining military equipment for the Armed Forces Modernization Program.
00:56It has become one of the places where we can get equipment for our Armed Forces Modernization.
01:07Among many options, India has joined that option because the cadets of the indigenous defense industry are strong.
01:14Last September, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, or AFP, and the Indian Armed Forces reaffirmed the defense cooperation between the Philippines and India.
01:25The cooperation aims to promote maritime security and freedom of navigation.
01:31From PBS Radyo Pilipinas, Bea Gaza de Guzman for Balitang Pambansa.
